The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually constrained to the city limits and only including major streets, and they only showed the buildings up to a certain height. A very limited number of suburbs or other nearby cities were included.
After the first few sets of introductions, image collections from cities added were more detailed, often including every side street, especially in areas closer to the center of the city. More suburbs and other nearby cities were included.
The coverage of various cities has in many cases, subsequently been enlarged and improved, but not necessarily on the same date as new cities have been added. Improvements have included the additions of streets in neighborhoods where previously only main roads had been covered, expansions to more suburbs, and views to the sky where previously only views to a certain height were provided.
Initially when a group of cities were added, only those cities and their own suburbs would be a part of the image collection. However June 10, 2008 introductions also included cities in covered areas without camera icons and isolated from any other camera icons. Many more cities were added without icons on August 4, when the only U.S. city added with an icon was New Orleans.
On November 9, 2009, parts of Hawaii were added, and coverage of the United States was also further expanded, although some key areas had yet to be added. With the addition of Hawaii, all fifty states are now represented in Street View.
On July 2, 2013, high-definition images, at least 99% of which has been taken since early 2011, were added to major portions of all fifty states, including those that have had no HD images up to that point.
Timeline of introductions
Note: Bold indicates locations available in newer 'high quality' (or high definition) view. Italic bold indicates locations partially available in high quality view. Normal text indicates locations only available in older low-resolution view.
DateMajor locations added Friday, May 25, 2007 San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, New York City Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Orlando Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Portland, Phoenix, Tucson, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Monday, December 10, 2007 Dallas, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Providence, Boston Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Juneau, Boise, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Raleigh, Albany, Manchester Thursday, March 27, 2008 Anchorage, Fairbanks, Spokane, Yosemite National Park, Albuquerque, Austin, Little Rock, Rockford, Madison, Nashville, Cleveland, Tampa, Richmond Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Sacramento, Fresno, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Jackson, Louisville, Atlanta, Columbus, Jacksonville, Columbia, Charlotte, Buffalo, Virginia Beach, Yellowstone National Park Monday, August 4, 2008 New Orleans, Baton Rouge and more rural areas|- | style="background:#f0f8ff;"| Tuesday, November 4, 2008 || style="background:#fff;"| Seattle, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and more rural areas|- | style="background:#f0f8ff;"| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 || style="background:#fff;"| More locations in United States|- | style="background:#f0f8ff;"| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 || style="background:#fff;"| More locations in United States|- | style="background:#f0f8ff;"| Tuesday, August 18, 2009 || style="background:#fff;"| Legoland California, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, San Diego State University, Thunderhill Raceway Park Wednesday, October 7, 2009 More locations in United States Wednesday, December 2, 2009 SeaWorld (for Orlando, San Antonio, and San Diego), Boston University, Hersheypark, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida Thursday, January 21, 2010 San Diego Zoo, Sesame Place, Busch Gardens, Water Country USA, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania, Detroit Zoo, Rochester Institute of Technology, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boulder Creek Path Tuesday, February 9, 2010 More locations in Alaska as Kenai, Homer, Valdez, Ketchikan, Petersburg, road to Circle, Deadhorse and other places Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Freer Gallery of Art, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art Monday, February 28, 2011 Balboa Park Thursday, November 8, 2011 Selected buildings Monday, September 22, 2014 Unincorporated territories of the United States including: Hagåtña and more locations in Guam Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands Thursday, September 1, 2016 Frederiksted, Buccaneer Golf Course, etc. on Saint Croix and more locations in U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Major roads. Most streets in Caguaz, Ponce, Mayaguez, San Juan and more locations in Puerto Rico
Areas included